Members of the Taunton Pop Warner cheerleaders and football athletes were honored in last month’s 16th Annual New England Pop Warner Scholastic Banquet at the Dana Farber Field House near Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.

Each being awarded in the top one percent in New England for their grades.

The Taunton Pop Warner C football team had 11 All-American Scholars as well.

Here’s a list of the other 2012 New England Region Little Scholars recipients by grades:

SIXTH GRADE

Second team

Isabella Sousa-cheerleader

Jacob Cabral-football

Sergio DaCosta-football

Tyler Gallagher-football

Tyler Gonsalves-football

Collin Hunter-football

Tyler Nichols-football

Kaleb Seifert-football

Mark Sousa Jr.-football

Honorable mention

Robert Duffy-football

SEVENTH GRADE

Second team

Mya Blaine-cheerleader

Courtney Fisher-cheerleader

Britney Johnson-cheerleader

Jessica Nowacki-cheerleader

Mailene Rivera-cheerleader

Tayla Zavala-cheerleader

Justin Boyer-football

Sean Crowley-football

Jack Phillips-football

Jared Taje-football

Brandon Wolfe-football

Kyle Wolfe-football

honorable mention

Mackenzie Foster-cheerleader

EIGHTH GRADE

Second team

Lauryn Hart-cheerleader

Brian Cherenfant-football

Jason DaRosa-football

Kevin Griffin-football

Devonte Kavanaugh-football

Santiago Lopez-football

SWIMMING

The Boys & Girls Club of Taunton Tiger Sharks swim team recently placed sixth overall at the Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Several swimmers qualified for and placed at finals, which consists of the top 8 and 16 swimmers in each age group and event. Swimmers and relays who placed scored points for the team, evidenced by the high overall team finish.

Additionally, the Tiger Sharks swimmers clocked nearly all personal best times — many with significant drops — some of 10-plus seconds.

There were several highlights for the Taunton swimmers at the meet, including the fact that several of the Tiger Sharks were in the top point scorers for their respective age groups.

Kiley George, 8, of Bridgewater, scoring the fouth-most points of all 8 & under girls division. She placed second overall in the 25-yard backstroke, third overall in the 100-yard freestyle, fourth in the 25 butterfly and fifth in the 25 free and 50 backstroke. Mia Sinkiewicz, 9, of Taunton, placed 13th among 9-10 year old girls division. Taunton’s Martin Caron, 9, scored the 17th most points among 9-10 boys division.

Taunton’s Dylan Schrama (7th), Noah Moniz (12th), and Lee Gobin (20th) and Norton’s Quinn McAlear (14th), who was fourth overall in the 50 free, were all in the top 20 of the 13-14 year-old boys division overall scoring — each finishing in the top 16 in all of their events. Schrama placed second overall in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle, and Moniz placed fifth overall in both the 200 butterfly and 100 back.

Page 2 of 2 - The four combined to finish second overall in the 200 freestyle relay and third overall in the 200 medley relay.

The Boys & Girls Club of Taunton swim team sent 31 swimmers to the meet this year, surpassing the number that attended in all previous years. The Tiger Sharks finished second overall in their conference and had an 8-1 record for the season.

HOCKEY

Berkley resident Jake Quinn has touched the lives of many, including this season’s Stonehill College men’s ice hockey team.

The Skyhawks recently drafted the fourth grader through Team IMPACT (Inspire, Motivate, Play Against Challenges, Together), a New England based non-profit that aims to improve the quality of life for kids facing life-threatening illnesses by creating unparalleled team-based support systems.

Quinn, 9, has been battling a rare illness which has resulted in vision issues and years of physical therapy since birth. Doctors recently diagnosis the illness as Moebius Syndrome — a rare condition that affects the nerves of the eyes and face.

Quinn loves the Boston Bruins and Stonehill player Chris Tasiopoulos (Norwell, Mass./Thayer Academy). Quinn goes bowling with the team and occasionally hangs out in the locker room.

Scores and results are sent to the Gazette weekly

Steven Sanchez covers Youth Sports for the Daily Gazette. He can be reached at ssanchez@tauntongazette.com